Unidentified General Store Ledger, 1918-1921

Location of collection:

Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia

800 East Broad Street

Richmond, VA 23219

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Archives Reference Services

Email: archdesk@lva.virginia.gov

Phone: (804) 692-3888

Web: www.lva.virginia.gov

Summary

Creator:

Scott County (Va.) Circuit Court

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

The Unidentified General Store Ledger, 1918-1921, records accounts of individual customers. Entries are listed in chronological order under account name and include date, type of transaction, and monies credited and debited. Items purchased include coffee, spices, butter, flour, lard, eggs, candy, meats, fabrics, ribbon, shoes, umbrellas, gloves, and may other items. There is a name index at the front of the volume.

Biographical / historical:

This unidentified general store operated in Virginia during the nineteenth century. May be related to M. J. McConnell and Son Ledger, 1914-1917.

Acquisition information:

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Scott County under the accession number 50205.

Physical location:

State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia

Physical description:

1 v.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Consumer goods--Virginia.
General stores--Virginia.
Ledgers (account books)--Virginia.
Local government records--Virginia--Scott County.